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How to output colored text to a Linux terminal?
Here we will see how to print some lines into the linux terminal with some color. Here we are doing anything special into C++ code. We are just using some linux terminal commands to do this. The command for this kind of output is like below.
\033[1;31m Sample Text \033[0m
There are some codes for text styles and colors. These are listed below.
| Color | Foreground Code | Background Code |
|---|---|---|
| Black | 30 | 40 |
| Red | 31 | 41 |
| Green | 32 | 42 |
| Yellow | 33 | 43 |
| Blue | 34 | 44 |
| Magenta | 35 | 45 |
| Cyan | 36 | 46 |
| White | 37 | 47 |
Some additional options are like below −
| Option | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reset | 0 | Back to normal (remove all styles) |
| Bold | 1 | Bold the text |
| Underline | 4 | Underline text |
| Inverse | 7 | Interchange colors of background and foreground |
| Bold off | 21 | Normal from bold |
| Underline off | 24 | Normal from Underline |
| Inverse off | 27 | Reverse of the Inverse |
Example
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
main() {
cout << "\033[1;31mThis is bold red text\033[0m\n";
cout << "\033[;32mGreen Text\033[0m\n";
cout << "\033[4;33mYellow underlined text\033[0m\n";
cout << "\033[;34mBlue text\033[0m\n";
}Output
Updated on: 30-Jul-2019
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